UG Matlab coupling

[TDIMeister]

Hello everyone, I've been a user of UG since V12 in 1997 (but in recent years have spent more time in PRO-E and done other non-CAD simulation work).

A brief search did not turn out any discussions about the question I'm asking. I would like to couple NX with Matlab/Simulink, so that latter would pass parametric data that would be used in NX's Expressions (for example) to generate a solid model from fully-constrained cross section sketch(es) or parameterized surface(es).

After this, I would like to be able to mesh the resulting body for downstream CAE analysis. All these would be as automated as possible.

Am I asking for too much?


Many thanks in advance.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Starting with NX 7.5 we now support an interface to the 'Maple' product from Maplesoft (

http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/).

While I've not done it myself, I understand that if you have an existing Matlab document that it can be read and converted into a Maple worksheet, which can then be linked to the parametric models in an NX part file.

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[TDIMeister]

Thank you very much for your rapid response, John. My organization does have licences of Maple but we are primarily a CATIA house at the moment. I'm trying to make a pitch to get a few more licenses of NX to support our customer in upcoming projects but for my particular issue, I guess I'll have take a closer look at the NX <> Maple <> Matlab (I would much prefer to avoid the intermediate step) or see what can be done with CATIA <> Matlab.

Please keep me informed of any developments on this and thanks again.

 

[JohnRBaker]

Since Maple can access the worksheets of other mathematical 'spreadsheets', such as Matlab, we are probably going to only support Maple as a single solution rather than implement multiple solutions.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Siemens PLM Software Inc.
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Cypress, CA

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[TDIMeister]

I understand. I mention Matlab specifically because I intend to use the global optimization toolbox in the work I'm doing. I'm not aware of an equivalent in Maple to do things like multi-objective GA optimization, but I'll search.

Cheers!